| Amaldi || Amaldi is a name suggested for Fedora 17. Beefy Miracle is also a name suggested for Fedora 17 || No software, computer, or IT matches in Google; almost a google wack. || || Edoardo Amaldi was an Italian Physicist known for his work on gravity waves. || [http://www.esa.int/images/iss016e034191_horiz_large,0.jpg] || ||

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| McFly || McFly is a name suggested for Fedora 17. Beefy Miracle is also a name suggested for Fedora 17 || minor software matches || || Verne is one of Doc Brown's sons in BTTF3 || DeLorean, Doc Brown's locomotive time machine, etc. || ||

| Grimm || Grimm is a name suggested for Fedora 17. Beefy Miracle is also a name suggested for Fedora 17 || minor software matches, [http://grimm.ucsd.edu/GRIMM/], [http://www.grimm-aerosol.com/en/Grimm-Software] || || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Translationum] Jules Verne is #2, Jacob Grimm is #10. || A Grimm in Harry Potter lore is a large black dog and Grimm's Fairy Tales ought to be a rich source of themes || ||

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| Atmosphere || Atmosphere is a name suggested for Fedora 17. Beefy Miracle is also a name suggested for Fedora 17 || several hits including Adobe's discontinued product. :-( || || Jules Verne Restaurant is in the Eiffel Tower, Atmosphere is in the Burj Khalifa, a.k.a. Burj Dubai, on the 124th floor. || || ||

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| VonBraun || VonBraun is a name suggested for Fedora 17. Beefy Miracle is also a name suggested for Fedora 17 || No collisions || || || || ||

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Revision as of 12:04, 20 March 2012

READ THE GUIDELINES! Name suggestions are now being accepted. Please read the guidelines before contributing to maximize chances that your suggestion can be on the ballot.

The link between Verne and Beefy Miracle was "both names were suggested as the name of Fedora 16." The link between Beefy Miracle and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Beefy Miracle. The following links will also likely be rejected:

Names of living people

Well-known trademarks

Please try to find a truly original and obscure link!

Naming Schedule

Name collection: 20 March through 27 March (23:59:59 UTC)

List to Fedora Board: 27 March through 30 March

Legal Review of Board approved names: 30 March through 05 April

Setup of Voting Application: 05 April

Community vote on final name: 06 April through 12 April (23:59:59 UTC)

Name announced: 13 April

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully. The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.

Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Beefy Miracle is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Verne to Beefy Miracle, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "type of chemical reaction," "deep-sea organism."

Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.

Don't choose very general names or unclear links.

Don't choose names of living people, or well-known trademarks.

Do choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.

Do avoid all previous links wherever possible.

Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!

Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions. First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on. Do not skimp on this step.

If you find a collision, it is best to find another name. Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora. Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.

If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.

If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.

Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

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